The funding supports the Results-based Scaling up Rural Sanitation and Water Supply Program, which aims to provide better water supply to 255,000 households and improve sanitation and water supply facilities at 2,720 schools and clinics in 21 provinces in the Northern Mountains and Central Highlands regions.
“Overall Vietnam has made progress in broadening water supply and
sanitation coverage, but important regional differences remain,” said
Victoria Kwakwa, World Bank (WB) Country Director for Vietnam.
“In regions that lag behind, the lack of access to basic services,
together with poor hygiene practices, leads to serious health issues,
including high infection rates for diarrhea and parasitic diseases and
stunting among ethnic minority children.”
The program supports Vietnam’s National Target Program for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, as well as the country’s decade-long commitment to meeting the Millennium Development Goals, and the new Sustainable Development Goals.
The World Bank’s innovative financing instrument, Program for
Results, links disbursement of funds directly to the delivery
of verifiable results.
This program is the third World Bank-supported results-based program in Vietnam.
The US$200 million credit approved on November 12 comes from the
International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank Group’s fund
for the poorest countries.
The Government of Vietnam will provide an additional US$25.5 million to finance the project.
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